Improvement in trunks



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

' THOMAS GLANDING, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMNT IN TRUNKS.

Specification form'ng part of Letters Patents No. 220.020, datedSeptember 5:0, 1879; application filed August 20, 1879. i

To all .whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GLANDING, a resident of Baltimore city, inthe State of Maryland, have nvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Trunks; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andeX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specific-ation.

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section, showing the position of thetrays and arms when the trunk is closed. Fig. 2 is a similar View,showing the position of the trays and arms when the trunk is opened; andFig. 3 shows a modificationof the arms. v

The object of the invention is to inprove the construction of trunks, sothat access can be had to all parts of the trunk without rey moving thetrays from the trunk, thereby securing great convenience.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents the body of the trunk; B, the lid, made in the usualmanner. C is a small tray extending into the lid, and also into part ofthe body of the trunk, and is made so that it can be drawn out of thebody of the trunk when the lid is raised, it being attached to the lid.D is alarger tray, also extendin g into the lid and body, and is so madeas to be raised with a circular'movement, and carried over and above thesmall tray C, and still retain-` ing its original or other fixedposition. E E are arms, attached with pivots P to the ends of the largertray, at or near the bottom edges of the same, and also to the ends ofthe body, near the top and back edge, all of which attachments are madedirectly to the trunk and tray, or by means of plates F. The armsrunning in straight or curved lines, as shown in the drawings, said armsare a guide to the motion before described, and a support to the traywhen brought to its elevated position.

H is a stay, passed through a staple, Lin the lid, and is pivoted to thebody of the trunk at p, and a knob or projection at the end prevents itsbeing drawn through the staple, and thus holds the lid in position whenopened. The staple is also a guide to the motion of the stay, andprevents it from coming in contact with the top -of the lid, or with thetrayrest E.

The position of the ends of' the arms may be reversed, and they may beattached to the plates F, or may be attached directly to the body andlid of the trunk.

Having thus fully described my invention, l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination of the body A, longitudinaltray D, the parallel arms E, pivoted to the ends of the body A and trayD, and the lid provided with the tray G, partially in said lid andpartially in the body when the trunk is closed, the tray D being adaptedto rest upon the tray G in the lid when* raised from the body, as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of August, 1879.

` THOMAS GLANDING.

Witnesses:

WM. HISSEY, Jr., GEORGE H. LYBRAND.

